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THE BALLAD OF SPIDER JOHN Ramsey Willis Allen
[Am]Spider John is my name fr[C]iend
[D]I'm in between freights and sure would be obliged[Am]
If I could share[C] your company[G]
[Am]I'm on my way to nowhere[C]
Been runnin[D]' from my past[G]
[Am]runnin' from the things[C] I use to be-eeee[G]
now I kn[Am]ow my words sound strange to you[C]
But if you wait [D]till my song is sung and the story's told[Am]
You might come to [C]understand[G]
How I'm old and[Am] bent and Devil sent, a[C]nd runnin' out of time[D] [G]
When not long ago[Am] I held a Royal Flush [C]in my hand[D]
Chorus:
Oh, I was a Superm[Em]arket fool[Em7]
I was a moto[A7]r bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometo[Em]wn[Em7] [A7]
I th[Em]ought I lost my blues,[Em7] yes I thought[A7] I paid my dues
And I thou[F]ght I'd found a life to suit [C]my style[G] [Em]
And old Spider[G] John, robber man[F]
[C] long, tall, and hands[Am]ome
Yes, old Spide[G]r John with a loaded hand, [F]takin' ransom[C] [Am]
Then one day I met Diamond Lil[C]
and she[D] was the sweetest thing, I declare
That the summe[Am]r wind had ever blown my [C]way[G]
But Lil[Am] she had no idea, o[C]f my illustrious occ[D]upation[G]
She tho[Am]ught I was a saint, not a sinner, gone [C]astray-ay[G]
[Am]Spider he loved his lady so[C] much, he would not [D]confess his sins
For I knew if I did the la[Am]dy would surely [C]take her leave[G]
But you know that the word got arou[Am]nd and Lilly left town[C]
And he never [D]saw her again[G]
[Am]Tossin' and turnin', 'causin[C]' his heart to grieve[D]
(repeat chorus)
[Am]That is all my story[C]
It's b[D]een these thirty years since I took the road[Am]
To find my pr[C]ecious jewe[G]l one
[Am]If you see my Li[C]lly, won't you give he[D]r my regards?[G]
Tell her old [Am]Spider got tangled in [C]the black web tha[G]t he spun
You can tell her that[Am] Spider got tangled in[C] the black web th[G]at he spun
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